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1Pe 1:2  Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. Elect means chosen. Foreknowledge means advance information. Sanctification of the Spirit, obedience and the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ are work elements that need to be done to people, or more specifically believers. God knows from the very beginning who these believers are, in whom the elements of sprinkling of the blood of Jesus, obedience, and sanctification of the Spirit are effectively accomplished. God is able to do this before the foundation of the world because of His foreknowledge.  It is important to remember that we are "chosen in Him," we are not chosen outside of, or apart from Christ. The believer is chosen by virtue of him having been found in Christ. He is not chosen according to any individual capacity, favor, or whatever inscrutable reas...

Life will have its issues and money is not the solution. Most of the time we think that if we only had the money then everything will be okay. But that is hardly the case. Trusting in money is like putting your hopes on weak foundation, it will cave in. Believing that your money will carry you through will just lead you to wrong priorities and can even lead to self destruction. Money is a utility we use and we have need of it. But life is not about getting all the money so you can live happily ever after. No, life is not at all like that. The fact is, money will NOT always be there. No matter how hard you wish for money to always be there, it will not always be there. That's why you cannot trust money. Even the banks run out of money. The ATM machines run out of money. Financial institutions can collapse! Don't count on your money. Don't lean on it. Some people have fallen into the deception that money is all they need and so they steal, they plunder, they rob,...

When I think of God I see a perfect being. When I think about what is perfect, I see God. God by definition is perfect. That's who he is. When I think of sin and the nature of it, I see imperfection. Sin can be great or small but the size doesn't really matter because that which is perfect cannot join together with the imperfect. That is why sin, by its very nature separates us from God. The perfect cannot take in any imperfection. The perfect will become imperfect the moment it receives imperfection even of the smallest degree possible. The blood of Christ is a covering for sin. The blood of Christ is perfect. He was without sin. So it's like all our imperfections are covered up by the perfect blood of Jesus Christ. That's how it works for a Christian. That's how we are able to come in union with the perfect God. That's also the reason why anyone who is without Christ cannot be with God.

Driving around the streets of Doha, my attention is drawn to the many shapes and types of side mirrors of cars. Some are big some are small, some are round and some are square. Others have light in them and others have that classic look. They're all the same and yet they're all different with countless variations. And then a funny thought comes...This is evolution! Could all these cars have evolved by their own? Have they formed themselves into these many variations? It's funny because if I assume I didn't know anything about how cars are designed and manufactured, it is possible to conclude that cars do evolve. But that's just a silly thought. We all know that car manufacturers make their cars exactly how they intend them to be.

What is apologetics? Apologetics is a transliterated Greek word "apologia" which means an explanation or defense of one's opinion, position or action. This Greek word is used in 1 Peter 3:15 which reads "always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give a reason for the hope that you have." The word "answer" was translated from the Greek word "apologia." Christian Apologetics can be described as follows - to give an answer, a defense or an explanation for the Christian faith. It is very useful in the task of evangelism. Life is a big mystery. Being born as a baby in the world, and as soon as we can make sense of things, we start asking questions. One of life's biggest questions is the question of meaning. What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? Where did we come from? It is only in the Christian faith that these questions find their answers. Outside the Christian faith, there are no answers. Once you remove ...

This is an extract from Ravi Zacharias' podcast "Ichabod, Where is the Glory? (part 2 of 4)" "The glory is departing because righteousness has not yet been internalized by you. "Righteousness became a set of laws and they measured themselves by a piece of paper. If they could check off a, b, c, d, and e externally, then they saw themselves righteous, they never wanted to look into their hearts if internally they were right before almighty God. Let me show you how this developed: "In the 3rd century, there was a plurality of questions being raised by people about what righteousness really was. And the Israelite sophisticated thinkers began to say, you know we've got all these laws but we don't understand them. So they began to develop a kind of a scholarship, or a hierarchy that would explain to the masses what righteousness really was. And the scholarship began to deal with laws and more laws and more laws, commentaries and commentaries and ...

First I found this Scripture: (1Pe 3:19) By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; And then recently, just on the next chapter, I found this: (1Pe 4:6) For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. Now notice the synonymous phrases, "preached unto the spirits in prison" and "the gospel preach also to them that are dead." Suddenly I'm thinking about Purgatory. : ) But seriously, I have reason to believe that even the realm of the dead is within reach of the gospel, and somebody is also preaching there. Let's read that again from verse 17: (1Pe 3:17) For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. (1Pe 3:18) For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened b...